Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,751 people in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) were English 29.4%, Australian 28.7%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 8.0% and German 4.0%.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 78.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.4%, South Africa 2.2%, Philippines 0.7% and Zimbabwe 0.7%.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 70.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) were Catholic 30.3%, Anglican 18.9%, No Religion 16.4%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) 87.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.5%, Italian 0.6%, Bengali 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and Maltese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,379 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld). Of these 64.4% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Professionals 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 12.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Labourers 9.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.6%, School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) was $669.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Walked only 1.8%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 43.0% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld) 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,744 and those without children was $2,345.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 93.9% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 40.7% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), of all households, 77.0% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), there were 117 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 54.7%) were male and 53 (or 45.3%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,492.